The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-02
PROF. PARK AND TIE FAMOUS sxxTH
BROTHERS.
The Personal reetins IN the Andever Con.
trovsrsy-Inner History OF the War.

The Personal resiins IN the Andeysr Con.
trovsrsy-rnnsr History OF the War.
ANDovEB, Oct. There 10 never land
aide In New England theology which does not
shake every minister's study In the land. When,
however, there ID an earthquake, as In the pros
ont Andover controversy even the sturdiest
agnostio looks up from his work TO measure
the wave and to watch things tumble
Two men are foremost In this attempt to
make teacher and creed good 1T. The man
counted hereto years ago now loads tho
forces Of the old orthodoxy, though he 10 not
the field captain. The man under fire for al
legged heresy on the contrary. was once on the
list OF extreme New England old school men.
OvershadowinRi 10 the presence Of these men
in tho forces on either side. In fact, a COM
posite picture Of the conservatives would show
enough OF the features Of Prof. Edwards A.
Park to identify him. while Prof. Egbert G.
Smyth's strong face would look out Of tho
other picture.
Prof Smyth is q brother Of the Rev. Dr. Now
man smyth OF New Haven, and until the NOM
ination Of the younger brother to be pro-
lessor at Andover was rejected, Prof. Egbert,
as he is famiiiarly called. was not associated in
tho popular mind with liberal views in the
ology. When o member Of the Bowdoin Col
students in that institution at the time. the
teacher now charged with heresy was counted
an old school theologian. and rigid adherent
Of conservatism In doctrine and worship.
Prof. Smyth married o daughter Of the Rev.
DR.. Dwight Of Portland. Ne. DIR. Dwight was
famous for his courtly persistence in defending
old school positions. and his unflinching de-
termination to walk in the old paths.
Thus Prof. Egbert, In his predictions and
fnt~ tfaH doll
s9ste% of vGs New England he 10 sa
His brother Newman's writings, however, and
Sss 5hs sass S PRIMARILY
naturally b. this readiness to champion the
His father, Prof. william smyth Of Bowdoin
College,. eminent as a mathematician, was
sT sFSS. big nsn Ws Ss5so. hsa
reported by men who were at Bowdoin, that tho
Smyth boys were always sure OF ono advocate
pns Was up Ths I'd Sn pde IN lis
sons. his tender heart his fiery eloquenoe. his
aSs4 sa swss b had sUs weight ss M %sA
the scrape, but they dIsllked t9 trouble the
IT i sasy e see I T. Prct ExbeEt defending
the Which his 5rHthsr has done
as he walked up and down in faculty meetings,
and with edge.hammer gestures enforced
sons SON we're ABOVE such business as haains
ltwould be amistake to think OF Prof. ERbert
as Q man who does not 80 bis own thinking.
open eyed in his survey Of theological PROPOSE.
tons. and strong in presenting arguments. But
mighty impulse toward the new departure.
The. personal equation in his case must not
smyth admitted that he. had been Influenced
By his brother, he would naturally argue that
wen Of
means that i Newman SMITH h had net w5ittsn
been rejected Prof Egbert's part In the An:
s0ge 9eSSans ss hags been
But II the central figure In the forces on one
side IN the Andoyer controversy be influenced
siderred In dealing with the most saaacions and
pfo
champion Of the movement against the Andover
professors no longer teaches in Andoyer Sem
Is the Rufus ohoate among New England min
n T No to s q as an
has Hsff Prof. sn1 rom the lime the STAT a
ssr shs e Pro
Pask told txo q the trustees At t the time q
eonteSpt shst sRss Rad made na 5under Tss
young Professor was therefore sat upon BY
Prot Park from the very outset. In every way
Prof. Smyth's work was moderated or laughed
at. In short, It Is an extraordinary instance OF
th Of tsaehsr 70 ths
grim determination carried him through the
earlier years Of his service as q seminary pro-
lessor. and nothing more clearly shows bis
tracks before he would have allowed Prot Park
to drive him away.
professor at Andover was under consideration.
Prof Park saw a good chance to get In a blow
at Prof. Egbert. Who but Prof. Park could
the REJECTION Of Newman Smyth be based on
the novel and contemptuous ground that his
poetic temperament rendered him unfit to
tessh shsosEY as II the younger Sm'th were
The manner Of shutting out his brother must
have annoyed Prof. Egbert more than the mere
fact Of his exclusion.
back Of the prudential committee differences.
30 far as Prof Smyth Is concerned. pack OF the
whole battle line Of the conservatives In the
one not in the inner circle can put, his finger
on the moves he has suggested. He is every
where in this fight. and yet 1t Is hard to place
him st given point long enough for an In
Is It a wonder, then, that with two such lead
ers and with this history Of long and almost
ferocious antagonism. the Andover controversy
II Prof. Smyth comes out ahead in this fight.
It means that at last he has fairly beaten Prot
Park at his own game, and on Andover Hill
Smyth, no matter how else the success Is ex-
planned. will BIO Prot. Parks triumph over
man he has antagon1zed these many years.
MAGNETIC WIND.